Solidworks

[Lazer]

:shock:I never in a million years thought I would say it but after a 2 hour demo of Solidworks 2007 I have to say its wicked. The amount of work they have put into Solidworks to be Autocad friendly is amazing, they have a 2d import tool that can take a 2d dwg and with a few simple tweeks convert it to a 3d model, it also has cool easy on the eye backgrounds and tools to rebuild and fix models with problems, stress analysis is easy to use, all in all a great product.

[Lazer]

:cry: Bubble burst already, I take back what I said (untill proved wrong) ok yes the autocad sketch imported well, yes it extruded well, BUT, can I fully define the sketch, NO. (fully define means control a 2d sketch and stop it from deforming when you change a dimension)

I joined the first forum (with lots of members) I could find on yahoo search and asked the question, "how do I fully define a autocad imported sketch" I got 10 answers quicker than sadam Insaine could say "NOT GUILTY" but no solution, I kid you not, we even took a coffee break, well that was my Idea as the poor forum was working so hard.

Any Solidwork members on here know how to do it???

[Lazer]

Where is Bloodwig when you need him (inhouse joke) LOL

EDIT: UPDATE I found my answer for anyone who wishes to know, the answer to this puzzle is a command called ALIGN SKETCH.
simple and easy, job done, fully defined sketch hunt over. :)